To prevent soil deterioration, 100 mobile soil testing laboratories will be set up.

Government will initiate a scheme to provide to every
farmer a soil health card in a mission mode. The Finance Minister
proposed to set aside a sum of Rs 100 core for this purpose

Technology driven second Green Revolution with focus on higher productivity and include “Protein revolution” as an area of major focus.

A target of Rs 8 lakh crore has been set for agriculture credit during 2014-15.

The Finance Minister proposed to allocate an amount of Rs 50,000 crore for Short Term Cooperative Rural Credit (STCRC) Fund during 2014-15.

The Finance Minister proposed to supplement NABARD’s
Producers’ Organization Development Fund for Producer’s development and
upliftment called ‘PRODUCE’ with a sum of Rs 200 crore which will be
utilized for building 2,000 producers organizations across the country
over the next two years.